Reenforced hosiery and method of producing same



. Dec. 4, 1928. 1,694,324

L. KAPLAN REENFORQBD HQSIERY AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME Filed Aug. 25,1927 Patented Dec. 4, 1928.

UNITED LOUIS LAN, OF ASTORIA,\NEW.YOBK.

REENFOBGED HOSIERY AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME.

--App1ication filed August 25 1927. Serial No. 215,351.

hosiery reenforced in a novel manner to resist wear and tear at thepoints where holes usually occur.

A further ob'ect is the provision of a novel method of pro ucing thereenforced hosiery, to facilitate manufacture.

With-the foregoing: and other objects in view, which will be apparent asthe invention is more fully understood, the invention resides in thefeatures as hereinafter described and claimed, it being understoodthatchanges may be made within the scope of what is claimed, withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention. 7

The invention is illustrated in'the accompanying drawings, wherein-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a stocking showing the openings thereinat the pointsv where the stocking is to be reenforced.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of a portion of the stocking along oneedge of one of the openings,sho'wing thereenforcement.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the stocking after the same has been.reenforced and the openings closed.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a sock or childs stocking corresponding toFig. 1.

In carrying out the invention the stocking, as seen in Fig. 1, or thesock or short stocking, as seen in Fig. 4, is Woven with the openings 7across the toe and heel thereof.

The stocking or sock is then reenforced along each ed e of each opening7. This is accomplished %y stitching, as at 8, the material, withseveral lines of stitches substantially parallel with the edge of theopening, and the stitching may be done on a sewing machine, inasmuch asthe opening enables the portion of the article at one side of theopening to be folded or turned back while the opposite portion is beingstitched, The openings thus give access to the inner surface of thearticle in order that the stitching may be done conveniently on asewingmachine. Zig-zag or staggered stitching is em ployed, with thebias stitches extending across the threads of the material, as seen inFig.

3, thereby tying the threads together, well as increasing the thicknessof the material,

in order to resist wear and tear.

After the portions of the stocking or sock alon the edges of theopenings have been stit ed or reenforced, the edges of the open-- ingsare secured together by suitable seams,

as at 9, thereby-closing the openings.

The completed article will thus be reenforced at the toe and heel, andwillhave a longer life than the ordinary stocking or soc more points ofthe article, and the reenforcement may also be used for all kinds ofhosiery.

The reenforced article of hosiery is intended as an article ofmanufacture, to be produced at the factory or shop, and manufwc Thereenforcement may be used at one or i ture is facilitated-by the methodabove described.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:--

1. The method of producing a reenforced Y article of hosiery consistingin first completing the article with an opening at a point where a holeusually occurs, then a plying reenforcement to the article along t eopposite edges of the opening, and then securing the edges of theopening together to close the opening.

2. The method of producing an article of hosiery consisting incompleting the article x with an opening across a point thereof where ahole usually occurs, stitching the article along the opposite edges ofthe opening, and then securing the edges of the opening together toclose the opening.

3. The method f producing an article of hosiery consisting in completingthe article with an opening across a point thereof where a hole usuallyoccurs, stitching thearticle with zig-zag' stitches along parallel linesat opposite sides of and along the edges of said opening, andthen'securing the edges of.

the o ening together to close the opening.

4. e method 'of makin an article of hosiery consisting in first mailingthe article with openin s at the heel and toe, reenforcing the heel antoe by bias stitching along the edges of the openings, and then closingthe opemngs.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix m signature.

LOUIS KAPLAN.

